NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, SEPT 30
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday inaugurated a new solid waste management of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), where the private entity involved will be paid based on 34 performance indicators.
நாட்டிலேயே முதன்முறையாக பெருநகர சென்னை மாநகராட்சியின் 7 மண்டலத்திற்குட்பட்ட பகுதிகளில், செயல்திறன் அளவீட்டு முறையில் திடக்கழிவு மேலாண்மை பணிகளை தனியார் பங்களிப்புடன் துவக்கி வைக்கும் அடையாளமாக காம்பாக்டர்கள், மெக்கானிக்கல் ஸ்வீப்பர், இ-ரிக்ஷா வாகன சேவைகளை இன்று துவக்கி வைத்தேன். pic.twitter.com/CwwaBXTbrh
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The new solid waste management system of GCC will see Urbaser SA and Sumeet Facilities Limited, a Spain-India joint venture, collect and dispose waste in Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Adyar, Perungudi and Sholinganllur zones for eight years.
It will be paid based on 34 key performance indicators under primary collection, secondary collection and transport, street sweeping and collection, compliance, complaint redressal and IEC (information, education and communication), an official release said.
The move is expected to achieve 100 per cent segregation in all households within one year and maintain it consistently. Battery-operated vehicles will be used for door to door collection of segregated and non-segregated garbage from households and market areas and horticultural waste from public places.
The Chief Minister flagged off the company’s compactors, mechanical sweepers and e-rickshaws in the presence of Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani, at the function.
According to the release, about 125 compactors, 38 mechanical sweepers, 3,000 e-rickshaws and 11,000 compactor trash cans, would be used and the company would employ 10,844 people to carry out the cleaning work. Urbaser SA and Sumeet Facilities Limited’s work would cover the activities in 16,621 streets in 92 wards falling under seven zones with a population of about 37 lakh people.
The company carries out cleaning work in Spain, France, Italy, England, Oman, Bahrain, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and in Delhi.
